Raptors…are back!

Shortly after checking into our hotel in Oberlin, Ohio earlier this week, I glanced out the window and saw a hawk descending between the hotel’s other wing and a neighboring building. Then I spotted it atop the roof. I hustled outside for the best views of an adult Red-shouldered Hawk I’ve ever had.

It was a very hot day. The bird flew to a nearby weeping beech.

Where it did some grooming before flying off. Twice more that late afternoon and early evening the bird returned to the original perch, which was next to a small wetland hopping with frogs.

And here’s the bird the next morning…